Linotype-slug.



H. C. GAMMETER A LINOTYPE SLUG.l

APPLIGATI'ON FILED Nov.15, 1913.

" 1,122,727' Patented Deo.29,1914.

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ATof-lill whomit may concern Be it known that l, HARRY C. GAMMETER,

` a citizen of the United States, residing at Clevel`and, -ir'i thecounty of Cuyahoga and 4State `of Ohio, have invented a certain new and. useful Improvement in Linotype-v Slugs, 'of which 'the following -is a full,

` clear, and exact description,` reference be# ing had' to the accompanying drawings.

The objectjofjthis invention is to provide' a very cheap and efficient line slug adapted `-to be easily mounted ina grooved or.sl,o'tted holder for printing. rl`he holder may 'be a portion ofy a printingmachine,

or vit may, for example, bean individual plate carrying afew of my slugs and constituting an address plate. -An effective form of slug for. use in such slotted or grooved holder is `one wherein the slug has .lateral flanges adapted to `rest on the .top surface of the holder and receive the printprojecting ing pressure.' It has a-shank extendingA into-the slot or groove of the holder and has means to jengage the under side of the ledgeto prevent the slug from coming out of place'. The sluglof the present invenL tion has these characteristics; that is to say,

from the sides of the shank lsome distance below the-head and thus adapted to hold the slug in place'. Such a slug as is devscribed may be very conveniently made by casting the slug lwith" up and-down ribs on its sides and thereafterremovingtheiipper portion of the vribs adjacent to the head to .leave the projecting lugs. lThe removal is effectively accomplished by masl'iing by pressurefthe upper portion of the rib. T he process of making such a. slug as above described is Aclaimed in my parent application No.783,72'2, l'ed August 8, 1913, of which the present application is a. division. This application relates to the slug itself.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved slug; Fig. 2 is a cross -sectionthereof on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion ofthe slug on a scale'similar to Fig. 2; Fig. if

is a longitudinal Sectio;A through'the" shank of the slug; Fig. 5 .is a cross sectionof a Specification of LefttersPatent. -Fatentiedfeg 299 giiajg ,I Qliginal application ledvAugu'st '8, 1913, Serial No. 783,722. Divided and t 15,1913. Serial No. 801,171.

his .application le'rl'November the shank of the slug, B-the head thereof ribs and 'then meshing the upper 'portion of the'ribs there may be left certain slightly portions D of the mashed down ribs. The projection of these portions, how

ever, is so small that they are negligible.

iflhe slug is cast in a suitable .machine with proper matrices opposite the head, so that characters E are formed `on the head. After being cast, the upper portion of the ribs are mashed to leave the lugs C and any portion of the slug below these lugs is suitably removed, as described and claimed in my applicationl referred to.

The sluOr cheaply mide but requires comparatively little metal; it is easilyvslid in place in a suitable holder, as, for example, the plate F shown in Fig.,5, and when in the holder remains in place. The printing pressure is taken by an' original cast surface, namely; the under face of the head, wherefore the height-to-paper is accurate.

Having thus described my invention, what-l` claim is: l

. al. A printing slug comprising a shank,

a projecting head, and spaced lugs on the side' ofthe shank separated from the head.

2..' Al printing slug comprising a shank, a T-head, and lugs on opposite sides of the shank spaced from the head.

3. A printing slug comprising a shank, a head projecting in both directions therefrom, 'a row of lugs on each side of the described' is not only veryv l shank, the top' ofpsaid row being spaced` from the bottom of the head.

4i. A' printing slug'comprising a shank, an overhanging head, and spaced lugs on the side of the head, the tops of the lugsA alining some distance below the head.

5. A printing' slug comprising the combination of a sl1ank,an overhanging head, lugs on the side 'of the shan'k spaced Vfrom the head and having their lower faces alining with the bottom of the shank.

6. A line slug having'a shank, a T-head, and spaced lugs on the opposite sides of the shank, the lower faces of the lugs be-.

ing flush with the bottom of the shank and the upper faces of the lugs spaced some distance below the lower lfaces of the head.

7. A line slug havinga shank, a T-head, and lugs on the opposite sides ofthe shank separated by unobstructed spaces from the side of the .Tl-head, the under side of such' 10' head preserving its original cast surface.` In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two W11',-

nesses.

' HARRY CL GAMMETER.' Witnesses:

E. F. KOENIG, ALBERT H. BATES. 

